Collar-holder



C. 1. CALLAHAN.

COLLAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED' FEB. 26. um.

Patented May 1% 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May it, 1921.

application filed February '26, 1921. Serial No. 448,081.

To all whom it my mama.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. GALLA- HAN, "a citizen of the United States, resid;

ingat Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Collar-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved collar holder adapted for use with soft turn down collars, for engaging the o posed lateral edges of the collars to hol the same securely in position.

One object of the invention is to provide a holder so constructed as to be capable of being readily and easily attached to the colreadily removed therefrom, without liability of any part thereof catching in the collar with consequent tearing of or injury to thesame.

Another object of the invention is to pro- 3 vide a device of this character possessing a positioned beneath the the curve of the bar 1 being neat and ornamental appearance, and so formed as tobe capable of being properly usual four-in-hand tie, or ties of that general character, and properly support the same to maintain the opposed edges of the collar and the tie in position relative to each other.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be more fully pointed out in connection with the detailed description to follow.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevational view of one form of my invention;

gig. 2 is a perspective view of the same; an

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a slightly modified formof holder.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the holder is formed of a pair of curved bars 1 and 2,

formed with a greater radius than the curve of the bar 2, and the two bars being connected together at a point substantially midway between their ends by means of a clamp or clasp 3 folded about the two bars.

T he ends of'the bar 1 are turned inwardly toward the interior of the circle of which the bar is an arc to formrolls 4, preferably slightly flattened in the direction of the length of the bar, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The ends of the bar 2 are turned outwardly from the interior of the circle of which the bar 2 is an arc to form rolls '5, which may also be slightly flattened along lines substantially tangent to the are 2 at the points where the rolls 5 are located. While the rolls 4 and 5 may be slightly flattened as stated in order to reduce the size of the spaces 6 between the bars adjacent to the end portions thereof this feature is entirely optional and the rolls 4 and 5 may with equal facility be made substantially circular, or may if desired be flattened in a direction at right angles to the res ective bars, thereby increasing the size of t e spaces 6, if such is found desirable under certain conditions of use.

The opposed rolls 4 and 5 form enlarged gripping portions, located at the ends of the said bars and cooperating with each other for engaging the opposed lateral edges of a collar to old the same securely in position, the contacting surfaces of said rolls being curved to permit ready insertion of fabric therebetween or removal therefrom without injury to the same.

In theconstruction of holders formed in the manner above described,-the bars 1 and 2 may be riveted or otherwise connected together before placing the clamp or lasp 3 therearound or not, as circumstances may require or the conditions of manufacture render expedient.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, 7 and 8 designate the two bars which are of similar form, the bar 7 being provided at each end with circular or slightly flattened rolls 9. while the bar 8 is provided at its opposite ends with similar rolls 10.

In this form of the invention the ends of both of the bars 7 and '8 are turned outwardly from the center, of cu'rvature of the respective bars, and the bars 7 and 8 are preferably given the same'or substantially the same degree of curvature.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the bars 1 and 2 are correspondingly curved with their centers of curvature located uponthe same side of the completed structure the convex surface of the bar 2 being opposed to the concave surface of the bar 1, and so arranged that the corresponding enlarged portions or their centers of curvature located upon opposite sides of the completed structure, whereby the convex surface of the bar 7 is opposed to the convex surface of the bar 8,

and the corresponding inwardly positioned holder of novel construction, which presents a neat and ornamental appearance and is capable of being easily-constructed, The improved construction is also capable of being easily secured in .place and readily removed without any-possibility of injury to the collar, as the free ends of the bars are rolled or curled under a sufiicient distance to (positively prevent them from engaging an tearing the fabric. It will be noted that in both of the forms of the. invention'illustrated herewith the parts of the holder located upon opposite sides of the centrally positioned clasp are symmetrical in form,

and the enlargements or rolls formed in the adjacent ends of the cooperating bars are so positloned as to engage each. other thus aifordmg easy ingress or egress of the fabric to and from between the contacting surv faces of the cooperating rolls. The bars 1, 2, and 8am also preferably formed of resilient material thus facilitatingthe insertion of'the opposed edges of the collar be tween the'ends thereof and their remova therefrom.

While I have shown the invention as em bodied'in the form which I regard as preferable, and have described with considerable particularity the precise form of-the bars. 'and the location and shape of the enlarged portions formed at the ends thereofiit is the following claims.

' other to releasably grip t signature.

limited to the precise form of the bars as 5 shown and.described nor to the exact loca-' tion and shape of the enlarged portions formed at'the ends except as such structural details may be specifically included within What I claim is 2' 1. A collar holder of the character described, comprising a pair of bars secured together intermediate their ends, and provided at their opposite ends with opposed rolls for releasably engaging therebetween the opposed lateral edges of a collar.

2. A collar holder of the character described, comprising a pair of'resilient bars curved throughout a portion of their extentand providedwith return bent end portions,

.the correspondingly located returned bent end portions normally cooperating with each.

e edgesof a collar interposed therebetween.

.3. A collar holder of the character described, comprising a pair oi-correspondingly curvedresilient bars provided at their opposite ends with inturned IIOHS for releasab y engaging the opposed vlateral edges of a collar interposed'therebetween.

4. i A collar holder of the character described, comprising a pair of correspondingly curved resilient bars secured together intermediate their ends, and provided at their Opposite ends with inturned opposed rolls, the said rolls'located at corresponding ends of the bars cooperating to releasably' engage fabric interposed therebetween, the shape of said rolls being such as to permit ready insertion of the fabric therebetween or removal therefrom without injury to the same.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my CHARLES J. ALLAHAN, 

